5.1. Careers in logistics.

• Real responsibility early in your career

• A learning curve that never peaks

• Excellent pay

• Building a career in logistics

Real responsibility early in your career

Soon after starting a career in logistics, you could well be in an operational role with real responsibility for perhaps millions of pounds-worth of stock or equipment. You might be responsible for the smooth operation of a manufacturing process or for 30 or more distribution centre staff. Equally, you may be planning a new supply strategy or involved in production scheduling or vehicle routeing.

You will need to be able to solve problems, think on your feet, and manage people. Working in a real-time environment, you will need commercial acumen and must not be afraid to take decisions quickly to keep the supply-chain operating. smoothly. You can be certain that you won't be desk-bound and no two days will be the same.

A learning curve that never peaks

Learning by doing is an essential part of building a career in logistics. But after starting in a specific functional area, you could well find yourself working on assignments which will demand high-level analytical skills and the ability to think strategically about the company's or your customer's goals.

You will need to be numerate and be comfortable working with IT systems when taking the long-term view of the business and its supply-chains. As your career progresses, you will need to understand every aspect of the business - from sourcing raw materials and manufacturing to marketing. You will need to communicate with senior management and key suppliers and sell new ideas to the sceptical as well as the enthusiastic.

Excellent pay

As a recruit into logistics, you can expect a salary that compares favourably with other areas - Graduates can expect to start on an initial salary of £15,000-£18,000 a year. And with good prospects for career progression, your starting salary could have doubled by the time you achieve managerial level, often within five years.

Recent vacancies advertised in The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)'s Journal Logistics & Transport Focus  include:

• Distribution Manager: £30,000

• Logistics Controller: £60,000 + car + relocation package

Building a career in logistics

Career opportunities in logistics continue to grow. Even during downturns in the business cycle, when companies are cutting costs, the demand for able and experienced supply-chain managers remains high. Surveys have shown that when other areas of industry have recruited less, recruitment into logistics has not declined.

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Questions

1. Describe the historical periods of logistics development

2. How the definition of the “logistics” concept had been formed, and what are the reasons behind it?

3. Explain the “7R” definition.

4. Describe the major characteristics relevant to logistics concept

5. Explain the three major approaches to logistics formulation

6. List the most important element of logistical systems

7. Explain the major constrains relevant to logistical elements

8. Describe the nature of supply chains

9. Define the major reasons of logistics development in agriculture

10. Explain an essence and the particulars of agri-chains

11. Basic logistic functions

12. Core logistic tasks

13. The prerequisites of recent logistic development

14. The prospective ways of logistical approaches

15. Logistic and other sciences (in particular, comparison with management and marketing).

16. Careers in logistics

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